Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30602
Diagram: 646
The London Midland Region didn't publish trailer car details until late in 1968. Although not 100% reliable, if it is assumed that the trailers remained with the same power cars, the allocations for 51917 during the unknown period are:
11/06/60 | New to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
w/e 01/10/60 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
4w/e 31/12/60 | Transferred to | 8H (Allerton) | |
Sep-63 | Depot code change | 8J |
Then the allocations for 56500 are:
15/07/83 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) | |
12/05/85 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
29/09/85 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
02/03/86 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
28/09/86 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
18/02/87 | Transferred to | BY (Bletchley) | |
03/05/87 | Transferred to | ME (Marylebone) | |
Oct-88 | Transferred to | BY (Bletchley) | |
21/01/92 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) NWRX | |
22/09/92 | Withdrawn from | RG (Reading) NWRX |
05/11/89 - new transfers 51531 and 59080 noted at Norwich along with ex-works 54500 in NSE livery
56500 - original number
54500 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Jun-71 - AWS fitted
Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham
51917 | 56500 | As delivered to 6G - 11th June 1960 | |||||||
51916 | 56500 | Noted 29/12/69 - in Manchester Oxford Road1 | |||||||
51416 | 56500 | Noted 31/08/72 - in Liverpool Lime Street2 | |||||||
51916 | 56500 | Noted 17/08/1974 - at Chester3 | |||||||
51420 | 56500 | Noted 09/07/1977 - Hauled through Beeston Castle by 401354 | |||||||
51419 | 56500 | Noted circa 05/19824 | |||||||
51419 | 56500 | Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Victoria4 | |||||||
51419 | 56500 | Noted 13/10/1982 - Worked 07.30 Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Victoria4 | |||||||
51916 | 56500 | Noted circa 02/19834 | |||||||
51912 | 56500 | Noted circa 03/19834 | |||||||
51912 | 54500 | Noted circa 09/19834 | |||||||
51912 | 54500 | Listed at LO - 01/01/85 | |||||||
51912 | 54500 | Noted circa 07/19854 | |||||||
51912 | 54500 | Noted 12/09/85 - on 10:35 Machynlleth - Barmouth | |||||||
51912 | 54500 | Noted circa 03/19864 | |||||||
51912 | 54500 | Listed at Chester - Summer 1986 | |||||||
51912 | 54500 | Noted 30th November 1986 | |||||||
51652 | 54500 | Noted circa 10/19874 | |||||||
51652 | 54500 | Noted 24/10/1987 - Chiltern Tours Special Train from Aylesbury to Folkestone Harbour 54500-51652 + 54499-51656 | |||||||
51652 | 54500 | Noted 17/12/19874 | |||||||
51652 | 54500 | Noted circa 02/19884 | |||||||
51652 | 54500 | Noted 09/07/1988 - Hertfordshire Railtours Chinnor Tonic 51654-54222 + 54500-51652 | |||||||
51895 | 54500 | Noted 21/02/90 - on services from Marylebone5 | |||||||
51895 | 54500 | Noted 08/05/90 - on services from Marylebone with 51855 + 59663 + 59736 + 518795 | |||||||
spare | 54500 | Listed at RG - 12/08/92 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Aaron Calder
On the left Class 108 No M54500 & M51912 and on the right Class 507 No 507 011 at Hunts Cross station Liverpool on 16 February 1985. Keith Long.
M54500 + M51912 are seen at Tywyn with the 10:35 Machynlleth - Barmouth on September 12, 1985. Hamish Stevenson.
New meets old at Barmouth in September 1986 when first generation DMUs such as the Derby class 108 (car number M54500) were giving way to new Class 150 "Sprinter" units such as 150140 on the Cambrian route. Bob Belcher.
M51912 + M54500 at Machynlleth on the 12th September 1985, working the 10:35 to Barmouth. Hamish Stevenson.
The Chinnor Tonic railtour (the first of three) is seen at Quainton Road on 9 July 1988, with Class 115 M51654 nearest the camera. The Six Bells Junction website notes the other vehicles as 54222 + 54500 + 51652. Robert28194.